---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING ABORTION REPORTING AND INSPECTIONS OF ABORTION FACILITIES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION BE PRESENTED BEFORE PERFORMING AN ABORTION WHEN THE PREGNANCY IS A RESULT OF RAPE OR INCEST."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING ABORTION REPORTING AND INSPECTIONS OF ABORTION FACILITIES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION BE PRESENTED BEFORE PERFORMING AN ABORTION WHEN THE PREGNANCY IS A RESULT OF RAPE OR INCEST."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 463"
citation: "Arkansas SB 463 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Furman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T21:27:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:18:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a07c7c5-1b3f-4725-8123-17dcb54857f9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7b69b97390e0ecb51f998b21f17e66492af4af5e14566478a13fbc4933112529"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas SB 463 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAWS REGARDING ABORTION REPORTING AND INSPECTIONS OF ABORTION FACILITIES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION BE PRESENTED BEFORE PERFORMING AN ABORTION WHEN THE PREGNANCY IS A RESULT OF RAPE OR INCEST.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB 463** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB463.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **69–15** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Furman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-03T21:27:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:24:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T22:49:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T19:01:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:02:18+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-18T21:33:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-18T22:26:39+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T19:29:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T19:31:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:31:18+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:03:38+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:03:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:29:16+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:29:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:18:59+00:00** Notification that SB463 is now Act 787 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a07c7c5-1b3f-4725-8123-17dcb54857f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).